Letter: Focus should be on employment, not on taxing the employee

Those in the position of leadership never read about or have lost sight of why Rome collapsed. The Emperor taxed those who served the economy out of business and pursued costly wars of influence in their world. It eventually broke the financial back of the ability to survive in a competing world.

Our leaders continue to follow a proven policy of failure and ruin. A Robin Hood approach to our woes will ultimately end badly.

The bickering over who to tax and how much has taken attention away from what really is the problem fiscally. Revenue is generated through employment of the people. The focus should be on employing the taxpayer, not how much can he be taxed. Understandably, politicians would like to avoid that subject because they don't have a clue how to address that issue. All they know is "get more money through taxes and find somewhere to waste it."

For jobs (employment) to be generated, there needs to be a demand for workers. To create that demand for workers, one needs a demand for goods and services. Hence I say there should be a campaign on the part of our leadership to encourage and educate Americans to buy goods and services produced inside this country. It would not cost great sums of money for a politician to say, "When you buy, Made in USA, you employ an American!"

The reason unemployment is what it is can be explained by just looking at the labels of product origin in the stores we shop. It's that way because our leaders over the last couple of decades have failed to do their job of "protection." Their idea that no protection of our jobs and businesses was somehow good for competition and the consumer has brought us to this point.

JAMES VERTREES

Palmyra 37142

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Letter: Focus should be on employment, not on taxing the employee

Those in the position of leadership never read about or have lost sight of why Rome collapsed. The Emperor taxed those who served the economy out of business and pursued costly wars of influence in